PART 1

Yeast Mixture

(a)
Put your water and Honey in pot and bring to gentle boil.
Set heat to medium.

( NOTE: Not full boil, just hot enough until small bubbles form )

( My heat settings range from 1 - 10; I used "5". )

(b)
Into your mixing bowl put in your now
boiled honey water and add 2 teaspoons of yeast.

(c)
LET THIS MIXTURE STAND FOR ONE HOUR.

After One Hour

PART 2

Your Yeast is now ready.

(1)
To your Honey-water-yeast mix,
ADD your sugar and salt

(2)
Add one handful of Flour and mix well.
( NOTE: I knead by hand. )

(3)
Add your Extra Virgin Olive Oil
into this and mix well

(4)
Gently add flour by the ladle
until dough is firm, but not "dry".

You will need about 5 and 1/4 cups
of flour give or take 1/2 a cup
( That is, about 7 and 1/2 ladles )
Just "eyeball it"

It should look something like this:

PART 3

(i)

Roll out dough for Chin Chin

(ii)

Cut rolled out dough into one inch strips.
(iii)

Cut the strips at an angle into "diamond shapes".

(iv)

In the middle of each diamond,
cut into it about 1/4 of an inch.

(v)
Fold one end into the middle and
pull gently to make sort of a "knot".

PART 4

Prepare your oil.

We will use vegetable oil here.

(You can also use peanut oil or canola oil)

I fry them in a small pot.

(a)

Fill your pot about one-quarter way with vegetable oil.

(b)

Put oil over medium and let warm up.

( My heat settings range from 1 - 10; I used "5". )

I test the oil by cutting out a small piece
of dough and dropping into oil - the dough
should rise in oil and start to sizzle.

When this happens, the oil is ready.

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(c)

Now drop in gently about
5 pieces of chin chin dough
into hot oil.

(c)

Check as it is frying (about 3-4 minutes)
or until golden brown.

Final note: If your oil starts to smoke remove from
heat and reduce heat. Make sure to remove
oil from heat when done.

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Your Chin Chin is now done! Enjoy.

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